Deborah Danan
By Deborah Danan
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Fast Forward Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor
Trump’s announcement that the United States would 'take over' Gaza came while Israelis slept
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Fast Forward ‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC
The signs appeared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
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News The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.
For Jews around the world, the fate of Kfir, Ariel, Shiri and Yarden Bibas has long been a matter of urgent concern
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News Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s high school has lost 10 graduates in the Gaza war. Where does it go next?
Jerusalem’s Himmelfarb High School has long been a prominent avatar of religious Zionist idealism
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Fast Forward This Jerusalem pizzeria renamed itself after Donald Trump to please American customers
“When Trump was nominated, I said, yalla, let’s do it. He’s going to be good for Israel, he has a Jewish son-in-law,” said Pizza Trump’s owner
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Fast Forward At a Trump inauguration event in Jerusalem, fervent optimism with an undercurrent of unease
Attendees received red baseball caps adorned with U.S. and Israeli flags and the phrase, “God Bless President Trump"
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Fast Forward In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, Hamas looms large even as tension turns to celebration
“It’s scary to think they still call the shots,” one attendee said about Hamas
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Fast Forward For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
In exchange for the hostages, Israel is due to again release more than 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism who could one day commit another attack
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